The idea that Howell has been their guy all along is completely reactionary.
Rivera wants to go back to his 2021 Draft grades, and claims they were very high on him, even saying someone in the room STILL had a 1st round grade when they took him. Problem is they didn’t take him for 5 rounds. If they truly believed that, then why didn’t they take him in the 2nd, 3rd, or twice in the 4th (we traded back in the 4th so they had 2 chances)
don’t get me wrong, I’m ecstatic that this is where we are, spending almost $0 on our starting QB with Rivera having little to no negative impact on the position, meaning the new owner will have first crack at building his hierarchy without whoever is in charge in 12 months being force fed their QB.
that said… I don’t have anywhere near the amount of faith that Rivera orchestrated this all along. He may have put the organization in the best position for long term health, but I’m betting it was a lucky combination of events…not some level of smarts.